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Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 24, 2026.

Your daily conduct proves your Islamic identity

Ibn Taymiyah
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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that genuine taqwa and Islamic identity are proven by everyday character, especially how one treats family, neighbors, coworkers, and one's own tongue, time, and worship, not by words or public appearance alone.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Calls for taqwa as the route to salvation and true honor.
  2. Tests Islam through conduct at home, including kindness and private integrity.
  3. Extends faith to public relations through feeding people, returning greetings, and helpful speech.
  4. Warns that the tongue can repair or destroy homes, kinship, and hearts.
  5. Applies religious duty to work, trustworthiness, honest earning, and ethical dealings.
  6. Presents good character, purposeful longevity, neighborliness, and quiet dawah as measures of goodness.
  7. Urges dhikr, mosque attachment, self-accountability, prayer, and sincere supplication.
Try this week
Treat one's spouse and children with kindness and examine private behavior at home.
Feed people, return greetings, use gracious speech, and help those in need.
Guard the tongue and hands from harming others.
Fulfill trusts and promises, and work honestly.
Treat neighbors well and let good character represent Islam.
Practice dhikr, attend the mosque, review one's deeds, and use time for good.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ka min rajulin yabtasimu kharija baytih Fa idha dakhala baytaha tagayyara wajhaha.”
Ibn Taymiyah · Columbus, OH
Play from 2:50
“Al-Islamu laysa kalimaad. Fakaal. Al-islamu yuraa fi ibtisaami fii aataaik”
Ibn Taymiyah · Columbus, OH
Play from 3:27
“Fii amalika anta tumathilu al-Islam" "Imma anta kuuna da'iyaa aw sababaa fii saddi an-nasi aan id-deen”
Ibn Taymiyah · Columbus, OH
Play from 5:26
“Khayru jiraan inda Allah khayruhum lijaari" Dariys ka waha ulayh khayr badan ilaahi agtiysa.”
Ibn Taymiyah · Columbus, OH
Play from 18:42
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that taqwa is not only a claim or a ritual; it is seen in how we live. At home, our spouse and children should experience our best character, not the harshness we hide from others. In the community, Islam appears through feeding people, returning greetings, guarding the tongue, keeping trusts, and treating neighbors well. Our work, time, and daily choices are also opportunities to represent Islam and earn lasting good. The sermon ends by urging remembrance of Allah, attachment to the mosque, honest self-accounting, prayer, and sincere supplication.

  1. What is one kind action you can do for someone at home this week?
  2. How can words make a friendship or family relationship stronger?
  3. Where can you show honesty and good character outside the mosque?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ibn Taymiyah2334 Mock Road, Columbus, OH 43219ArchiveAll khutbahs at Ibn Taymiyah26 khutbahs
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